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The Messy Reformation

Jason Ruis

Welcome to The Messy Reformation Substack community—a hub for all who desire reformation in the CRCNA. Access exclusive resources, insightful articles, and engaging podcasts that will equip you to lead in this reformation.

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Episode 275: Synod 2026 — Virtual Church, a Failed Ecclesiology Overture, and Christian Nationalism

"If you've started to build a house and you recognize that the foundation is cracked and broken, you don't say, 'Well, too late to fix it now. Let's just keep building away.' No, you stop everything you're doing and you fix the foundation...

7 days ago
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Banner Synod 2026 Recaps with Jason Ruis

The Banner Asked Me to Help Recap Synod 2026

If you’ve listened to The Messy Reformation for any length of time over the past six years, you know how I’ve felt about the Banner. I’ve been frustrated with it. I’ve discouraged people from...

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Episode 274: Synod 2026 — What Is a Church? Forcing a Theological Conversation (Chris Ganski & Derek Buikema)

“Never more than ever does ecclesiology and sacraments and the ministry of the word have more relevance than in our modern technological age — those are forms of resistance.” — Chris Ganski

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For ten years, a sma...

16 days ago
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Episode 273: Synod 2026 — The New Leaders of the Denomination

“Four or five years ago, would we have guessed that anybody associated with Abide would be an officer of Synod? No way. They all had the black mark of the plague put on them. Now one of the leaders of the Abide Project is president, and w...

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Episode 272: The Banner's Future and the Confessional Renewal of the CRCNA — Lora Copley (Part 2)

“Pray…write…read…[and] share The Banner…Write ‘Letters to the Editor’…We need to know where your God-given passion is meeting the denomination’s great need for this messy reformation.” —Lora Copley

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Jason and Wi...

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